How Mistimed and Unwanted Pregnancies Affect Timing of Antenatal Care Initiation in three Districts in Tanzania [PDF]
, 2013 Early antenatal care (ANC) initiation is a doorway to early detection and management of potential complications associated with pregnancy. Although the literature reports various factors associated with ANC initiation such as parity and age, pregnancy ...
A Exavery +56 more
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Nutritional indicators' performance in malnutrition diagnosis of hospitalized elderly patients
Experimental Gerontology, 2023 Background: Several nutritional diagnosis methods and their relationship with clinical outcomes have been described. This study investigated malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients (HEP) using different nutritional indicators and determined ...
Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi +3 more
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Factors associated with antiretroviral treatment initiation amongst HIV-positive individuals linked to care within a universal test and treat programme: early findings of the ANRS 12249 TasP trial in rural South Africa [PDF]
, 2016 Prompt uptake of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is essential to ensure the success of universal test and treat (UTT) strategies to prevent HIV transmission in high-prevalence settings.
Andréa Gosset +15 more
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Influence of electronic media on food choices of schoolchildren and adolescents in Luanda, Angola
NAJFNR, 2023 Background: Malnutrition in Angola has reached a prevalence of 17.3 %. On the other hand, the prevalence of childhood obesity is 2.4 %. There has been a food transition in Sub-Saharan Africa, and 28% of consumers obtain their products under the ...
Olineid de Oliveira, Marli Stela Santana
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Ribosome signatures aid bacterial translation initiation site identification [PDF]
, 2017 Background: While methods for annotation of genes are increasingly reliable, the exact identification of translation initiation sites remains a challenging problem.
Chyżyńska, Katarzyna +5 more
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A Transcriptionally Inactive ATF2 Variant Drives Melanomagenesis
Cell Reports, 2016 Melanoma is one of the most lethal cutaneous malignancies, characterized by chemoresistance and a striking propensity to metastasize. The transcription factor ATF2 elicits oncogenic activities in melanoma, and its inhibition attenuates melanoma ...
Giuseppina Claps +15 more
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Influence of oxide films on primary water stress corrosion cracking initiation of alloy 600 [PDF]
, 2006 In the present study alloy 600 was tested in simulated pressurised water reactor (PWR) primary water, at 360 °C, under an hydrogen partial pressure of 30 kPa. These testing conditions correspond to the maximum sensitivity of alloy 600 to crack initiation.
Andrieu, Eric +5 more
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Macropinocytosis: A Metabolic Adaptation to Nutrient Stress in Cancer
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2017 Oncogenic mutations, such as Ras mutations, drive not only enhanced proliferation but also the metabolic adaptations that confer to cancer cells the ability to sustain cell growth in a harsh tumor microenvironment.
Maria Victoria Recouvreux +1 more
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Investigation of initiation of gigantic jets connecting thunderclouds to the ionosphere [PDF]
, 2004 The initiation of giant electrical discharges called as "gigantic jets" connecting thunderclouds to the ionosphere is investigated by numerical simulation method in this paper.
A Ueda +35 more
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Mismatch negativity in patients with (central) auditory processing disorders
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2008 Summary: Mismatch Negativity (MMN) is a long-latency auditory evoked potential that provides an objective index of discrimination skills and auditory sensorial memory.
Simone Mariotto Roggia +1 more
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